I don't count it as just learning it, but my studies have revealed the extent of ethnocentrism in my grade school education. From historical perspectives to maps to having information excluded, I am learning things now that I should have learned as a child in the 1970's and 1980's. It is a disgrace.

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ďAll that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."-J.R.R Tolkien

I didn't just find this out - it was when I was about 13 - but I'm still kind of embarrassed. When I was a kid, my mother used to cut my fingernails for me with a pair of nail scissors. These scissors were like any other kind; i.e. they were for right-handed people only. That's why I needed her help - I could cut my left hand's nails, but not my right. One day, I said to my friend "I have no idea how I'm going to cut my nails when I'm grown up and in a place of my own. I'll probably have to call Mum over to help me!" She looked at me oddly and said "Um, just use nail clippers." "Huh? What are those?" "You're kidding, right?"

The one I learned previously on eHell that still amazes me I missed all my life is that there is an arrow near the gas gauge in cars indicating which side the gas tank is on. When I read it I immediately went and checked both our cars. At least 70% of the people I have shared that knowledge with never knew it either.

The one I learned previously on eHell that still amazes me I missed all my life is that there is an arrow near the gas gauge in cars indicating which side the gas tank is on. When I read it I immediately went and checked both our cars. At least 70% of the people I have shared that knowledge with never knew it either.

The one I learned previously on eHell that still amazes me I missed all my life is that there is an arrow near the gas gauge in cars indicating which side the gas tank is on. When I read it I immediately went and checked both our cars. At least 70% of the people I have shared that knowledge with never knew it either.

Only in newer cars. My previous 3, a '78, '90 and '95 didn't have this feature. My last two, and '03, and current, a '10, do.

I honestly never knew which finger a wedding/engagement ring went on (obviously they can go wherever, but left ring finger is tradition here) until we were talking about buying one and I had to be sized. Oh, and I thought you wore the engagement ring on one hand and switched it after marriage (which, as it turns out, is tradition in some places/cultures, but not ours).

My then-fiance was astounded -- apparently it's standard to check a person's hand before flirting if you are a single, conscientious person of an age where people are as likely to be married as not.

The one I learned previously on eHell that still amazes me I missed all my life is that there is an arrow near the gas gauge in cars indicating which side the gas tank is on. When I read it I immediately went and checked both our cars. At least 70% of the people I have shared that knowledge with never knew it either.

I will be checking that out in about 10 minutes when I get in my car!

I just had to go check out my SUV and my dh's work van. And there was the arrow When I came back inside, dh wanted to know why I was smiling, so I dragged him outside and showed him. He didn't know about it either. Thanks for sharing!